Top 5 Indian Spinners Vs South Africa In Test Cricket

All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). Most of our ratings are dynamic, and as new matches are played, the rating of earlier bowlers may change if current bowlers set new benchmarks. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 5 Spin bowlers from India against South Africa in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2026-02-05

CONTENTS

6. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

7. TEAM VEN OPP RATING

TVO RATING

This rating considers performances of players from specific teams in particular nations or against particular oppositions.

Team (T)	IND
Venue (V)	ALL
Oposition (O)	SA

THE CRITERIA

The TVO Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Wickets Taken	300.00
Consistent	Average	300.00
Attacking	Strike Rate	200.00
Best Bowling	Top Bowling Performances	200.00

The Trend Setter (TS)

TS is the player which does the best in a criteria. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Know All About TS. Here is a simple example:-

TS Ave: 25.00; Player X Ave: 30.00; Section Points: 300.00
TS Points: 300.00(Max); Player X Points: TS Ave/Ave X 300 = 25.00/30.00 X 300 = 250.00
Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Ave being replaced by the Criteria Stat.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings	7
Min Career Wkts	50

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK	BOWLER	NAT	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	A Kumble	IND	40	84	300.00
1	A Kumble	IND	40	84	300.00
2	Harbhajan Singh	IND	19	60	214.29
3	R Ashwin	IND	26	57	203.57
4	RA Jadeja	IND	19	52	185.71
5	A Mishra	IND	7	11	39.29

CONSISTENT

R Ave

Relative Average (R Ave) is a more accurate type of average. Know How It Is Calculated. Briefly it takes into account:-

Strength of Opposition.
Venues at which a player has played.
Time Period in which a bowler has been active

Criteria: Points For Relative Average

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets	15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	R Ashwin	26	1270	57	22.28	20.72	300.00
1	R Ashwin	26	1270	57	22.28	20.72	300.00
2	RA Jadeja	19	1021	52	19.63	24.51	253.54
3	Harbhajan Singh	19	1704	60	28.40	26.66	233.12
4	A Kumble	40	2671	84	31.80	30.05	206.85
5	A Mishra	7	409	11	37.18	39.32	158.07

ATTACKING

R SR

Relative Strike Rate (R SR) for bowlers is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with SR.

Criteria: Points For R SR or Balls/Wkt

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets	15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	WKTS	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	R Ashwin	26	3026	57	53.09	55.58	200.00
1	R Ashwin	26	3026	57	53.09	55.58	200.00
2	Harbhajan Singh	19	3569	60	59.48	63.77	174.31
3	RA Jadeja	19	2622	52	50.42	65.29	170.24
4	A Kumble	40	6830	84	81.31	75.91	146.44
5	A Mishra	7	942	11	85.64	100.19	110.95

BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler. Best Bowling By Wickets (BBW) is simply the total wickets taken in the 5 innings divided by 5.

Criteria: Points For Wkts Taken In Top 5 Inns

RANK	BOWLER	1	2	3	4	5	BBW	RAT
TS	R Ashwin	7/66	7/145	5/32	5/51	5/61	5.80	200.00
1	R Ashwin	7/66	7/145	5/32	5/51	5/61	5.80	200.00
2	Harbhajan Singh	7/87	7/120	5/59	5/164	4/10	5.60	193.10
3	A Kumble	6/53	6/131	6/143	4/56	4/71	5.20	179.31
4	RA Jadeja	6/138	5/21	5/30	4/33	4/50	4.80	165.52
5	A Mishra	3/51	3/78	2/35	1/9	1/26	2.00	68.97

TEAM VEN OPP RATING

The TEAM VEN OPP (TVO) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK	BOWLER	PRO	CON	ATT	BBW	TVO RAT
1	R Ashwin	203.57	300.00	200.00	200.00	903.57
2	A Kumble	300.00	206.85	146.44	179.31	832.60
3	Harbhajan Singh	214.29	233.12	174.31	193.10	814.82
4	RA Jadeja	185.71	253.54	170.24	165.52	775.01
5	A Mishra	39.29	158.07	110.95	68.97	377.27